Check out these helpful tips for ensuring close reading success with your students. Free steps for close reading mini-book included.
Close reading is a hot topic that's just getting hotter! Here are 21 anchor charts, bulletin board ideas and other resources that you can bring into your classroom to turn your readers into even closer readers.
Close reading, broken down with a FREE planning page that works for any text
Take close reading to the next level in your classroom. Use the six Close Reading steps guide from Appletastic Learning for a deeper understanding of text.
Close reading for literature might seem impossible, but there are ways to do it! Rachel shares a few tips and a freebie to make it more accessible.
Close reading questions to use with engaging literature choices that provide rich vocabulary and stunning illustration and a close reading cheat sheet.
Tips, tricks and strategies for close reading. Top ways to successfully implement this reading comprehension strategy.
Reading strategies useful in every content area include Questioning the text, Visualization, and using Context Clues to infer meaning.
Annotating texts is a powerful strategy for readers. Get tips and strategies to help your students annotate effectively and use their annotations.
Close reading is a strategy where students read a passage multiple times in order to gain a deeper understanding of the text. When I first attacked close reading with my students, there was a lot of complaining. Here are 6 ways to make close reading meaningful and engaging.
Tips, tricks and strategies for close reading. Top ways to successfully implement this reading comprehension strategy.
CLOSE Reading FREEBIE! CLOSE READING seems to be one of the biggest buzzwords in education right now. So, what exactly is CLOSE READING, and why should I use it in my classroom?? Reading CLOSELY helps students to uncover layers of text meaning that will, in turn, help them to have a clearer understanding […] Read more...
Close reading, broken down with a FREE planning page that works for any text
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Close reading is one of those big buzz words in literacy education. But what is close reading, anyway? This post will tell you exactly what it is, plus how to teach it! Have you heard the term
I'm sure you've heard of it...close reading. But, what are the close reading steps and how do you get started? Reading comprehension will improve with some simple strategies.
These Reading Strategies Posters and Interactive Anchor Charts are a must-have for introducing and reinforcing tons of important reading skills and reading comprehension strategies! Printing flexibility allows for either printing full-page reading strategies posters, interactive anchor charts, or mini (half page) posters/anchor charts for students' reading notebooks! Now you can introduce a lesson with a poster or anchor chart, while students are able to interact with them at the same time in their own reading notebooks! Adding them to their own notebooks is the perfect way for students to have easy access to ALL lessons taught, so you don't have to worry about keeping every poster on display throughout the year. Be sure to take a look at the product preview for a closer look! 24 Reading Strategies Posters/Anchor Charts Include: Reading Strategies Create Mental Images (Also Includes "Visualize" as wording option) Use Background Knowledge Ask Questions Make Inferences Determine Importance Synthesize Information Monitor Comprehension Question-Answer Relationship (QAR) Make Connections Text to Self Connection Text to Text Connection Text to World Connection Create Sensory Images Set a Purpose Make Predictions Draw Conclusions Use Context Clues Think aloud Use Spelling Strategies Read Fluently Close Reading Fake Reading vs. Real Reading 2 Versions: Two versions are included for the posters - one with more details (more text) and one with less text (larger font). 4 Formats: Full-Page Posters, Full-Page Interactive Anchor Charts, Half Page Posters or Anchor Charts, and a digital Google Slides™ format This product is available at a discount in the Reading Posters Bundle, and at an even larger discount in the Reading & Writing Visuals Bundle! More Reading Strategies Resources: Reading Strategies Bookmarks Reading Comprehension Strategies Crafts Reading Strategies Graphic Organizers
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Here's a rundown of the top close reading strategies suggested for your classroom, and the benefits they provide for learning.
CLOSE Reading Expository Worksheet At the end of this article, I provide a Close Reading Expository Worksheet for you to freely download and use with the next close reading of an expository article, document, selection from a textbook, etc. You will see a few revisions to what many publishers are selling as the close reading
Close reading is a strategy where students read a passage multiple times in order to gain a deeper understanding of the text. When I first attacked close reading with my students, there was a lot of complaining. Here are 6 ways to make close reading meaningful and engaging.
Poetry is a great way to help students practice inference because so much of poetry lives between the lines. Poets have to be so precise with words and phrases that a great deal of emotion is only ever implied. To help students practice inference, I've put together this collection of 10 engaging poems!
When it comes to teaching close reading and annotation, is there anything worse than seeing your students mindlessly highlighting for pages and pages with no real understanding of what they're highlighting or why they're highlighting it? The frustrating part is that highlighting indicates that they're trying, but it often shows that they don't understand why.
Like most of you, this year I am dipping my toes in the waters of close reading. Our district provided a professional development for close reading last year, but I left it as a "2" on the Marzano learning scale. Yikes! How was I going to teach it?! I've been scouring education sites, blogs, and Pinterest for more information on close reading, as well as hunting down resources, and finally ventured into teaching it last week. I was completely honest with my class and explained that although I wasn't a "4" on the learning scale, I would do my best to teach what I understood about close reading. I had already taught annotation (using this awesome freebie!) and my kiddos are getting better at it - one of my gals even annotated her math word problem today, without being asked to! Impressive! But now it was time to dig deeper. Luckily, today I got an email from We are Teachers with two fantastic FREE resources that are totally going to help me better understand close reading, help me teach close reading, and support students as they become close readers. The first is a handy and quick close reading guide for teachers. The second freebie, a close reading guide specifically for students. As you can imagine, this was immediately printed and copied. These will be going straight into our reading workshop binders as convenient references. I especially love the "Make your case" and "Prove it!"tips. Thank you We are Teachers for these great resources! Ok friends, I'd love any and all advice/resources/links/etc. on close reading!
Close reading, broken down with a FREE planning page that works for any text
One of my favorite close reading strategies to teach students is SQ3R. I have used this strategy for several years and continue to teach it...
Reading comprehension strategies for all types of learners. Encourage and
Teaching close reading in your classroom is simple with these easy-to-use steps for third through fifth grade students.
There are several major benefits for incorporating close reading into
Hey there! Jen Bradshaw here from TeacherKARMA.com Teachers, can you believe that you actually have to tell your students to THINK WHILE THEY READ? Reading is Thinking Resource has the perfect anchor chart for working on: predict infer visualize make connections question the text summarize Grab your FREEBIE over at Teacher KARMA. Best wishes! Jen Bradshaw You Might ... Read More about READing is THINKing – Comprehension Anchor Chart
Annotations in close reading focuses on getting meaning from the text itself—what the author is trying to say, how he/she says it, and what he/she means. Annotations are the notes a reader uses to keep
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Hi friends! I wanted to share my readers use thinkmarks poster today. This is something my students really enjoy doing during guided reading or even independent reading. This allows them to jot down their idea, but not interrupt me. We have a different focus each month and last month was making predictions, and this month is making connections. We also cover visualizing, and inferencing as well. We cover a ton of things each month, but these are our focus! I just love teaching them. I love read alouds and would do it all day if I could. I wanted to see if I could show them think marks. So I whipped up this chart with them. They were REALLY excited to get some sticky notes - (note to self - I need more little ones, but am too much of a hoarder to share my own) I left out the ones that are blank because we haven't learned those skills yet. So as we learn, I will add more to it. I sent each child to independent reading and read to self that day with one sticky note. All they had to do was use one. I didn't want them using a whole pack because then it is work on writing instead of reading! They were so excited. I had one girl read her same book twice with nothing. I asked why she was reading her book again, and she said " I only have one sticky note, I want to make it a good one". Gosh I love first graders. Here's the thing. In order to use the think mark, you had to be able to explain WHY you chose it. If you chose LOL that is great, but what was so funny about it? If you chose prediction - you had to say what you predicted and if you were correct initially or if you had to revise your thinking. The best part was that there were kids with "C" written on their sticky, and even better * and ?. I let them know if they had those they had to explain. During snack, I had them all take out their book, and we went around to share our think marks. One kiddo said "C" because she didn't know that Penguin babies were with their dads and are 4 feet tall. (I was beaming with pride for her) she said it from her memory - then opened the book to the page to share with everyone. One little boy had a Henry and Mudge book and had an (!) - he said that it was exciting because Henry and Mudge were cracking the code of the lost cookies! HOW CUTE! Kids were using the vocabulary "I made a connection, I predicted, I thought so and so was funny BECAUSE". It was truly amazing to hear their thinking and even my lowest readers were able to put something down - even if it was a favorite part! I will eventually not have every kid share during snack, but not until I know that they have it down for what they are supposed to be doing and explaining. I will have the kids partner up and share so it is over fairly quickly. They want to talk about their books, but need guidance on what they can share!! I decided that once we learn all of our think marks, I will blow this up and put it on my wall. I will also print a smaller one for them to keep in their readers notebook, along with a bookmark with the other side being their reading strategies bookmark. I made this Story Map from this pin . I don't know who it belongs to, but I had a vision of this thing and this was it! Each time we read a story together, we complete this together. I have printed them their own and put it in a sheet protector. They will read their own books and days we don't use sticky notes, I will have them fill out the map and share with a buddy. I want them to be accountable, but like I said I don't want it to be read to self/writing - I also sent this home with parents with a dry erase marker and and sheet protector and said to have them do this after they read to or listen to their child read. This is my focus wall. This is the size of a regular bulletin board - Each day we focus for just five minutes on a couple of these things that we have covered in the month! I use panel wall clips so that the holes are only put in once and I never pull them out - allowing me to use this board for years to come. The kids love going over this board because they know all the answers!!! I only made the make a prediction sheet. The tattooed teacher made the reading strategies posters and the charts and graphs poster pack was free from here. I created these reading strategies along with bookmarks to use during guided reading and for them to use during read to self or independent reading. Click on any picture to snag these babies for only a buck a rooney! An example of one of the posters and the bookmark types. I am also going to use the circles during guided reading. As they use a strategy, they will grab it from their pile and explain what they used. I will put them on popsicle sticks. :) They go with my reading comprehension posters that you can find here for just a dollar! Aly
This reading strategy bundle is perfect for any level of reader! It can be used in both whole group and small group instruction. It has been extremely effective in our classrooms! It includes: -Reading Strategy Poster (can be blown up for anchor chart in classroom or printed on regular sized paper for individual student cards) -2 different styles of Reading Strategy bookmarks for students to reference during reading -The individual 7 strategy posters which can be blown up or printed at any size you desire The seven reading strategies include: Eagle Eye, Lips the Fish, Flippy Dolphin, Stretchy Snake, Chunky Monkey, Tryin' Lion, and Skippy Frog Hope you enjoy!
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Hello Everyone! A few weeks ago I was invited to present at the South Eastern Reading Recovery Conference in Myrtle Beach. I was actually invited by my favorite professor (and mentor) from grad school. To say
The Common Core State Standards place a high priority on the close and sustained reading of complex text. Just what is a close reading? This is a topic being discussed among educators in many distr…
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This is a set of classroom posters for close reading. The acronym close can be used to help students build confidence and find success at close reading. Students will use the 4-step process to master this skill and be pros in no time! You can print off posters for your classroom as well as black and white copies for student journals. This resource includes: -Black background close reading poster -Colorful close reading poster -Black and white close reading poster Enjoy!
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The close reading process is important for literary analysis essay writing, but it can be hard for student writers to write an analytical thesis statement.
Download comes with two posters! Steps for Close Reading Read with a Pencil (how to annotate text in grades 4-6) These cute posters can be used as anchor charts for your classroom. They can be used a a reference to remind students how to annotate a text during close reading.
